Of same place



(No Model.)

G. SCHWAB. SUPPORT PoR 'PHOTOGRAPHIG ALBUMS.

No. 542,113. Patented July 2,` 1895.

WiTNESSES 4o 10, as shown in Fig. 1.

man STATES PATENT Ormea..

GUSTAVE SCHWAB, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO HELENE SCHWAB,

v OF SAME PLACE.

S-UPPORT FORV PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 542,113, dated July 2, 1895.

v Application led August 16,1894. Serial No. 520.477. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, GUsTAvE SCHWAB, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Supports for Photographic Albums, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a' novelty in supports for albums and the in- 1o vention resides in the novel features of construction set forth in the following specification andclaims, and illustrated in the annexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of an album on a support sectioned along :z: x, Fig. 2, the album being closed. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a View similar to Fig. 1, the album being open. Fig. 4 is a section along y y, Fig. Fig. 5 is a section along zo ,c e, Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a detail plan view ofa detent or stop. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of Fig. 6.

The support consists'of an easel or frame 1 having the swinging leg 2, jointed to back piece 3, secured by side pieces 4 to frame 1. The back 3, With side pieces 4, form a box or receptacle in which photographs can be stored.

A music-box may also be contained in the re-` ceptacle. A cover or lid 5 may be used to 3o close the receptacle. A plate or front piece 6 may separate the interior of 'box 3 4 from thealbum 7.

The easel is provided at its upper portion with hooks 9 and at its lowerv portion with a shelf 10 and on the under cover ofthe album are secured eyes 8 for detachably connecting said album to the hooks 9 on the easel.

When the eyes 8 are made to engage the hooks 9, the back of the album rests upon the shelf Said eyes project above the upper or free edge of the under cover, so that they can be readily brought in engagement with the hooks 9, and that the album can be readily disengaged from said hooks when itis desired to inspect the pictures of the album by placing said album on a table or supporting it in any other desirable manner. It must also be remarked that said eyes do not interfere with the operation of 5o placing the album int-o a book case or otherwise disposing ofthe same in the manner in which books are usually put away when the same are not used. At the same time when the eyes 8 are made to engage the hooks 9 the album can be opened and the pictures contained therein can be conveniently inspected, and during this'operation the back of the album is free to move in and out on the shelf 10 of the easel. Furthermore, when it is desired to change the pictures in the album or to insert new pictures, this operation can be performed by unhooking the album and placing it down upon a table or upon ones 1ap,rwhere it will lay flat like an ordinary album.

Projecting through front piece 6 is a iin ger or arm 11, extending from spring-strip 12 fixed to back 3. When the weight of the alburn rests against finger 11 to depress spring 12 toward back 3, the arm 13 of the lever A13 7o 14 is` freed, so that the lever can be moved on its fulcrum 15 by the action of spring 16, Fig.

4, to carry its arm or n'ose 14 into engagement with wheel'17 or with a recess 19 in said wheel to stop the latter rotating. This wheel 17 forms part of the well-known mech-- anism of the familiar musical box. Vhen the spring l2 is suficiently relievedfrom the weightof the album by the latter being wholly or partly opened, said spring 12, with finger 8o 1l, rises to move lever 13 14 to its releasing position against the action of spring 16, so that the music-box will be free to play.

A key 18 can be suitably applied for winding up the music-box.

The music-box can be made to only partly ill the receptacle 3, 4 so that room will be left therein forstoring pictures, photographs or other articles.

By covering or padding the shelf l0 with a 9o material which will match or harmonize with thecover of the album a tasty appearance is secured.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is 95 1. Au easel provided at its upper portion with hooks 9 and at its lower portion with a shelf 10 in combination with an album having attached to the upper or free edge of its under cover eyes 8 in such a position that the album can be readily attached to or detached from the easel and that when these eyes are ICO made to engage the hooks 9, the back of the album rests loosely upon the shell:` l0 and is free to move in and out on the same substantially as shown and described.

2. The oombinationof an easel provided with a receptacle fixed to the backthereof, an album having attached to the upper edge of its under cover means for detachably7 connecting it to the easel, a music-box arranged Within the receptacle, and a detent controlling the starting and stopping mechanism of the music box, said detent being held out ot' engagement with said mechanism by the l weight of the closed album and operating to i an album, an album having attached to the zo upper edge of its under cover means for detachably engaging said hooks, a music box arranged Within the receptacle, and a spring detent normally projecting through the receptacle into engagement with the album and controlling the starting and stopping mechanism of the music box, the weight of the closed album holding| said detent inoperative 

